Tasting Notes:
Full bodied with a candied-apple caramel core.

Our latest Colombian entry is from the north of Colombia, unlike all our past offerings.

Finca El Roble is in the department of Santander, near the border with Venezuela; it is one of the first places in Colombia that coffee was grown. Coffees from this area have traditionally been called Bucaramanga, after the city which dominates the region. Bucara is a bird, and manga means wide open space.

El Roble is a 740 acre organic farm owned by Oswaldo Acevedo. It is fairly flat, belying the fact that it is on a small plateau, Mesa de Los Santos, perched over 5,000 feet above sea level with one of Colombia's most spectacular canyons, Chicamocha, just a mile or so to the east and steep descents of several thousand feet on the other sides. This creates a unique climate for El Roble.

El Roble has low to moderate rainfall that is distributed in such a way as to produce a single harvest per year, December-January, unlike most Colombian farms which have two harvests per year, due to greater and more evenly distributed rains.

El Roble also has an organic chicken farm, which produces over five pounds of chicken manure per coffee tree each year. It has over 120 full time employees with a dedicated human resources department.

Last year Mr. Acevedo began a campaign to dramatically upgrade the quality of his coffee, making procedural and structural improvements wherever necessary. This lot is part of that effort and the quality is indeed there!
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $16.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Aranzazu, Huila, Colombia
Next roast ~ May 23rd!

Tasting Notes:
This Aranzazu lot offers mouth coating body beaming great bright notes of apple, citrus and sugar cane with a hint of wintergreen.

We have been periodically enjoying the coffees of La Esperanza, Colombia ever since that farm won first prize in the Colombia 2007 Cup of Excellence. Now comes Isaias Cantillo's younger brother and next door neighbor, Eugenio Cantillo, with a fantastic micro lot of just 300 lbs. from his farm, Aranzazu. It has the same terroir and shares a similar flavor range as La Esperanza. Eugenio is on the left and Isaias on the right in this photo taken by Alejandro Cadena of Virmax.

Colombian farmers have struggled these past two years to produce the sweet ethereally aromatic coffees they are capable of; the lack of sun amidst unrelenting rains has been merciless. So this lot and three other small lots we have purchased from the Cantillo brothers are all the more welcome after a period of absence.

Eugenio's coffee is composed of the same complex web of Arabica varieties as Isaias. The farms are adjacent and have heavy shade protecting their steep slopes. Aranzazu has seven and a half acres of coffee and five of forest. No herbicides or pesticides are used.

The Farm derives its name from Our Lady of Aranzazu, reputed to have first appeared in the late fifteenth century in Northern Spain. In Basque aranzazu means "you in the thorns."

In the second photo, above, also by Alejandro Cadena, we see Eugenio and his family, including Micaela, the farm's resident Kinkajou. It loves very ripe coffee cherries; the next producer of Kopi Luwak? We hope not!

Farmer: Eugenio Cantillo
Region: Huila
Altitude: 5,500 ft.
Rainfall: Moderate+
Soil: Franco Arciloso
Arabica variety: San Bernardo, Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Var. de Colombia
Size of Farm: 7.5 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
Sold out of this crop! Check back in July for our next shipment.

Our latest Sumatra lot is called Lake Tawar, a blend of triple hand-picked coffee from small three to five acre farmers in the Lintong (Mandheling) and Aceh regions. This special coffee lot tastes exactly like the Sumatra I was purchasing for The Coffee Connection two decades ago: extra clean, providing the transparency necessary to allow this coffee's unique full-bodied nuts and herb accented butterscotch to come through. Mellow acidity.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2010
Altitude: average 4,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Typica locally called Bergendal

Aged Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
May 9th roast - sold out! Check back soon for next limited roast date.

Tasting Notes:
Notes of brandy and tawny port, fresh sweet tobaccos, roots, leather, autumn leaves and butterscotch entwine into a unique coffee experience.

This very heavy-bodied liqueur-like coffee has been specially selected and then carefully aged for over three years. The raw beans are no longer blue-green but a deep orange-brown color. No coffee ages with the same grace as Sumatra Mandheling and its sweetness is retained over time.

Our last crop of this exquisite coffee was rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. To read the review click here.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Konga Co-op, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia
Certified Organic!
Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Temporarily Sold Out!
New crop expected at the end of May!

Winner at the Good Food Awards!

The Konga Cooperative has 1683 farmers of which 133 are female heads of family. The average size of a farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee and various foods for the local market are grown. Yirgacheffe is amazingly lush with vegetation. The coffee is grown at over 6,000 feet in altitude. This Konga also has that lush full-bodied apricot core with exceptionally pronounced clarity and sweetness.

Yirgacheffe is one of the great aromatic coffees of the world. It is often used in the finest Italian espresso blends, such as Illy, to add a critical floral element. The scientist- quality coffee pioneer Ernesto Illy (Illy Coffee) stated at the SCAA Conference in Boston, 2003 that the coffee of this region shared an aromatic component found in Darjeeling tea and Chanel #5.

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Certified Organic by: Control Union Certitfications B.V.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2008
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopica

Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

New! Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast! The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic

Rwanda

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Panama

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La Esmeralda Baru Lot, Boquete, Panama, 2010 Crop!
Next Roast June 6th

Tasting Notes :
A lush fruit basket of peach, blueberry, and gingered lemon candy accented with tropical fruit.

Barú is the name given to the La Esmeralda coffee growing in the Cañas Verdes growing region. It was planted with the Geisha coffee variety just 4 years ago and this is its first year of production. Cañas Verdes lies west of the Boquete Valley, unlike the other sectors, such as the Mario Carnaval we have been offering this past year, which are to the east. It is on the slopes of Volcan Barú and its national park and has a different micro climate than the other area of La Esmeralda: a more distinct dry season with less rain and more sun over the year. The first impression is of lively, powerful aromatic plumes of sweet ripe apricot.

A brief history of La Esmeralda: La Esmeralda has won the Best of Panama Competition every year it has participated since it first appeared in 2004 when it took the international jury by storm. Geisha, an Arabica coffee variety exported from the wild forests of Ethiopia in 1931, was introduced into Central America in the 1950’s. It was a disappointment back then because its production was quite poor and so very little was grown. Then in 2004 Price Peterson and his son Daniel decided to change their coffee entry into the yearly Panama coffee competition, selecting only their Geisha variety instead of the blend of coffee varieties they had been offering up before. Geisha is now the rage.

La Esmeralda deserves great praise not only for the Peterson’s original vision but for how well crafted the coffee is. Quality continues to improve. La Esmeralda’s great sweetness indicates real care in picking strictly ripe fruit.

Farmer: Price and Daniel Peterson
Region: Boquete, South facing slopes of Volcan Barú – Cañas Verdes
Altitude: 4,900 – 5,400
Rainfall: high
Arabica variety: Gesha

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Costa Rica

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La Minita Del Sol, Tarrazu, Costa Rica
La Minita first appeared in 1988 when I introduced it in The Coffee Connection. It has been a consistent favorite since then. This year it has gotten better. In the past La Minita has been sun dried for the first day and then very carefully mechanically dried the rest of the way (from 65% moisture down to about 10.5%). This was to insure consistency regardless of weather conditions. The farm is now taking that risk and extra time – it takes days and constant attention to sun dry, not hours - with a small portion of their offering and it is La Minita del Sol.

We have found that sun drying adds a more rounded, sweeter mouth-coating body to an already exceptional coffee. The subtle fruit component is more present as well. While more expensive to produce we feel this is well worth it and hope you agree!

One of the key differences between La Minita and other farm coffees is the selectivity applied. While many farm’s “first” (best quality) constitute between 60% of their production after milling, La Minita selects slightly over 20%, eliminating all – or as close as you can get to “all!” - defects which might blemish your cup.

Full bodied, sparkling acidity, yet so smooth from hot to stone cold. Maple syrup, nuts and hint of very ripe peaches.

No pesticides or herbicides are used.
Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast

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QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Decaf La Magnolia, Tres Rios, Costa Rica
Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

It is a rare treat to "eat my words", and enjoy the act or should I say drink? That is what a Swiss Water decaffeinated Costa Rican coffee forced me to do when we first tasted this coffee. The Swiss Water people have truly mastered the method to produce the most outstanding decaf I have ever tasted. We promptly bought the coffee for all our enjoyment. It is hardly believable this coffee is decaffeinated!

The coffee is called La Magnolia, is from the famed Tres Rios growing region of Costa Rica and was collected by the folks at La Minita. Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated (chemical-free)
Altitude: 3,500 - 4,000 feet
Soil: Volcanic
Rainfall: Moderate
Variety: Caturra
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Tarrazu, Costa Rica - GHH Select
Our most popular House Coffee, this favorite full bodied coffee is filled with complex sweet nutty flavors and a generous dash of milk chocolate.




QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Costa Rica Decaf - GHH Select
A Full Flavor Roast of Decaffeinated Central American Coffee

Sweet, ripe, high-grown coffee. Smooth yet lively with marked chocolate flavors mixing with nuts. The aftertaste sweetly disappears.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Brazil

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Daterra Reserve, Cerrado, Brazil
We are sold out of Daterra Reserve! Check back in December 2011 for next years crop.

Tasting Notes:
Elusive hints of roses in the aroma. Very soft creamy notes of pecan. Medium body without any tang.

This is a wonderfully mellow coffee but with delicate clean fruit sweetness, giving a refined Beaujolais-like character to this coffee.

It was harvested from deep-rooted, low yield, very carefully hand-harvested Yellow Bourbon variety of Arabica. The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies.

Daterra is Rainforest Alliance certified!

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast

Daterra, South Italian Style Espresso
A "medium" dark roast in the Southern Italian tradition. We carefully blend several Daterra farm varieties to create one of the mainstays of our Terroir line! A rich layering of bittersweet chocolate over clean fruit and a hint of fine pipe tobacco.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: South Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. Click here to read the review.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Daterra, Calabria Style Espresso
Calabria is the darkest roast in our espresso series. This is a blend of Arabica cultivars from the Daterra Farm roasted to produce a thick velvety crema and extra body. The cup is drenched with notes of deep bittersweet chocolate without trace of harshness. The aftertaste is sweet and prolonged.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Rated 93 points by the Coffee Review click here to read the complete review
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Daterra, North Italian Style Espresso
A "light" dark roast in the tradition of Northern Italy (Milan - Trieste). Terroir has carefully blended several Daterra Farm varieties to produce this exceptionally sweet, full bodied coffee.

As an espresso, it has a floral, cocoa- almond aroma. The cup is elegant, smooth, of one piece from first contact to aftertaste. It is honey textured, extra-sweet and lively, with notes of mellow clean fruit, chocolate, nuts and refined butter-marzipan. Other brewing methods produce a rich very mellow, low acid cup with complex nutty-chocolate flavors.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 92 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review, to read the review click here.

Choice coffee of Troels Poulsen, the World Barista Champion of 2005!
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $16.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Guatemala

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La Concepcion, San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala
Currently Sold Out!
New crop expected in July!

La Concepcion has a special silky acidity carrying delicate floral aromatics with flavors suggesting creamy orange sherbet, strawberries, milk chocolate and toasted almonds.

Bernardo Solano inherited Concepcion Buena Vista from his grandfather and has been growing coffee for about 15-20 years. Twenty of his sixty two acres grow the heirloom variety Red Bourbon, whose cherries were especially selected for the coffee we purchased. These trees are over forty years old.

Concepcion is at around 6,000 feet, a very high altitude for Guatemala, yet the micro-climate is nearly perfect. This is due to the influence of warm air coming from the Gulf of Mexico through the valley of the Motagua River, the longest river in Guatemala, which runs from west to east.

The top photo shows seedlings being planted on contoured land overlooking the Motagua river valley. A variety of special shade trees will grow up with the coffee to produce a landscape like the middle photo, also part of the farm. The area of San Martin generally has very clear-cut seasons. This leads to a single flowering and very even ripening, a great advantage for producing all-ripe coffee translating to sweetness in the cup.

Farm: Concepcion Buena Vista
Region: San Martin Jilotepeque (Hée-lo-tai-peh-kay)
Mill: Bella Vista
Variety: Red Bourbon
Altitude: 5,800 – 6,000 feet
Rainfall: Moderate, seasonally well distributed

Roasters Choice

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Roasters Choice
Don't know what to choose? Have our Roaster Crew hand-select one of our fantastic coffees for your enjoyment!

We have several different regions and styles available.


QTY 12 oz Roaster's Choice - GHH Select - $12.00 12 oz Roaster's Choice - $15.00 12 oz Roaster's Choice - Espresso - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Decaffeinated

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Decaf La Magnolia, Tres Rios, Costa Rica
Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

It is a rare treat to "eat my words", and enjoy the act or should I say drink? That is what a Swiss Water decaffeinated Costa Rican coffee forced me to do when we first tasted this coffee. The Swiss Water people have truly mastered the method to produce the most outstanding decaf I have ever tasted. We promptly bought the coffee for all our enjoyment. It is hardly believable this coffee is decaffeinated!

The coffee is called La Magnolia, is from the famed Tres Rios growing region of Costa Rica and was collected by the folks at La Minita. Full bodied and full flavored, with fine, richly blended nuts, sweet mellow peach and a trace of chocolate.

Swiss Water Decaffeinated (chemical-free)
Altitude: 3,500 - 4,000 feet
Soil: Volcanic
Rainfall: Moderate
Variety: Caturra
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Costa Rica Decaf - GHH Select
A Full Flavor Roast of Decaffeinated Central American Coffee

Sweet, ripe, high-grown coffee. Smooth yet lively with marked chocolate flavors mixing with nuts. The aftertaste sweetly disappears.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Decaf Espresso North Italian - GHH Select
Central American North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Sweet, lively espresso with a heart of dark chocolate. Great for a naturally sweet cappuccino or for a cup of darker roasted decaf coffee. Not a trace of harshness or bitter aftertaste. Roasted in a North Italian style.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Espresso

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Matalapa North Italian Style Espresso Roast
Tasting Notes:
Layered orange-blossom honey, hint of jasmine and a creamy dark caramel finish. Matalapa’s soft acidity is ideal for a light espresso, providing great sweetness with buttery body.

Matalapa is a fourth generation 190 acre farm at 4,100 feet above sea level. It was founded in the late 1800's by Fidelia Lima, great grandmother of the current owner, Vickie Ann Dalton de Diaz. She maintains 14 acres of virgin tropical forest and keeps her coffee plants shaded with over 40 varieties of shades trees. Terroir has been following this farm for several years now and have been very impressed with each year's improvements since winning in the 2003 El Salvador Cup of Excellence. The crop is very impressive for its sweetness and buttery body.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Alchemy Espresso

Alchemy is George Howell Coffee’s first seasonal espresso blend. Inspired by Jennifer Howell’s experimenting in our coffee lab with one goal in mind ~ develop an espresso that is stellar on its own but also powerful with milk. Our first Alchemy espresso is a balanced blend from Brazil and Costa Rica ~ dominant creamy Brazilian bittersweet dark chocolate with walnuts delicately entwined with a Central American note of mellow caramelized pear. Alchemy has a long-lasting finish and is excellent in cappuccinos and lattes.

QTY 12 oz Roasted - $12.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

New! Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast! The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic

Daterra, South Italian Style Espresso
A "medium" dark roast in the Southern Italian tradition. We carefully blend several Daterra farm varieties to create one of the mainstays of our Terroir line! A rich layering of bittersweet chocolate over clean fruit and a hint of fine pipe tobacco.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: South Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. Click here to read the review.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Daterra, Calabria Style Espresso
Calabria is the darkest roast in our espresso series. This is a blend of Arabica cultivars from the Daterra Farm roasted to produce a thick velvety crema and extra body. The cup is drenched with notes of deep bittersweet chocolate without trace of harshness. The aftertaste is sweet and prolonged.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Rated 93 points by the Coffee Review click here to read the complete review
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $15.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Daterra, North Italian Style Espresso
A "light" dark roast in the tradition of Northern Italy (Milan - Trieste). Terroir has carefully blended several Daterra Farm varieties to produce this exceptionally sweet, full bodied coffee.

As an espresso, it has a floral, cocoa- almond aroma. The cup is elegant, smooth, of one piece from first contact to aftertaste. It is honey textured, extra-sweet and lively, with notes of mellow clean fruit, chocolate, nuts and refined butter-marzipan. Other brewing methods produce a rich very mellow, low acid cup with complex nutty-chocolate flavors.

The owner of Daterra, Luis Pascoal, is a key coffee visionary in the quality coffee movement who never tires of tweaking everything he does one notch up every year for the quality of the coffee and for his social and environmental policies. Daterra was the first farm in the world to package its raw coffees in sealed packages, preserving its coffees' subtle nuances over the long oceanic journey to our shores.

Roast Style: North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Rated 92 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review, to read the review click here.

Choice coffee of Troels Poulsen, the World Barista Champion of 2005!
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $16.00 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Espresso Sorrento - GHH Select
A South Italian Style Espresso Roast of Central American Coffees

Pleasant citrus and mature roast notes are present and harmonious. Candied roasted pecan and walnut melt like chocolate in the mouth. Full bodied, deep and elegant.


QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Decaf Espresso North Italian - GHH Select
Central American North Italian Style Espresso Roast

Sweet, lively espresso with a heart of dark chocolate. Great for a naturally sweet cappuccino or for a cup of darker roasted decaf coffee. Not a trace of harshness or bitter aftertaste. Roasted in a North Italian style.
QTY 12 oz Roasted - $13.50 Whole Bean Drip Grind Espresso Grind Press Pot Grind

Limited Edition

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Kangunu, Murang'a, Kenya
May 16th~ sold out. Next roast date June 20th.

Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Tasting Notes:
A mouth coating body with sweet, juicy blackberry, crisp acidity and clean finish

The latest farm in our Kenyan offerings is Kangunu, from the Murang'a district.

Murang'a is located northeast of Nairobi. Kangunu was established in 1970 and rests on a 5 acre piece of land serving Kiru, Njumbi and Ngoto villages. The Kangunu Coffee operation is run by Charles Chege with 14 permanent staff and as many as 25 employees during peak harvest season. Kangunu is affiliated with the Kangunu Farmers Co-operative Society. Its membership currently has 1340 are active farmers.

Region: Murang'a
Altitude: 1,700 meters.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Arabica variety: Bourbon SL 28 and SL 34
Size: 5 Acres
Roast: Full Flavor

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Aged Sumatra, Mandheling, Indonesia
May 9th roast - sold out! Check back soon for next limited roast date.

Tasting Notes:
Notes of brandy and tawny port, fresh sweet tobaccos, roots, leather, autumn leaves and butterscotch entwine into a unique coffee experience.

This very heavy-bodied liqueur-like coffee has been specially selected and then carefully aged for over three years. The raw beans are no longer blue-green but a deep orange-brown color. No coffee ages with the same grace as Sumatra Mandheling and its sweetness is retained over time.

Our last crop of this exquisite coffee was rated 93 points by Kenneth David's Coffee Review. To read the review click here.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Monday roast coffees will be shipped on the date that the Monday coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Aranzazu, Huila, Colombia
Next roast ~ May 23rd!

Tasting Notes:
This Aranzazu lot offers mouth coating body beaming great bright notes of apple, citrus and sugar cane with a hint of wintergreen.

We have been periodically enjoying the coffees of La Esperanza, Colombia ever since that farm won first prize in the Colombia 2007 Cup of Excellence. Now comes Isaias Cantillo's younger brother and next door neighbor, Eugenio Cantillo, with a fantastic micro lot of just 300 lbs. from his farm, Aranzazu. It has the same terroir and shares a similar flavor range as La Esperanza. Eugenio is on the left and Isaias on the right in this photo taken by Alejandro Cadena of Virmax.

Colombian farmers have struggled these past two years to produce the sweet ethereally aromatic coffees they are capable of; the lack of sun amidst unrelenting rains has been merciless. So this lot and three other small lots we have purchased from the Cantillo brothers are all the more welcome after a period of absence.

Eugenio's coffee is composed of the same complex web of Arabica varieties as Isaias. The farms are adjacent and have heavy shade protecting their steep slopes. Aranzazu has seven and a half acres of coffee and five of forest. No herbicides or pesticides are used.

The Farm derives its name from Our Lady of Aranzazu, reputed to have first appeared in the late fifteenth century in Northern Spain. In Basque aranzazu means "you in the thorns."

In the second photo, above, also by Alejandro Cadena, we see Eugenio and his family, including Micaela, the farm's resident Kinkajou. It loves very ripe coffee cherries; the next producer of Kopi Luwak? We hope not!

Farmer: Eugenio Cantillo
Region: Huila
Altitude: 5,500 ft.
Rainfall: Moderate+
Soil: Franco Arciloso
Arabica variety: San Bernardo, Bourbon, Typica, Caturra, Var. de Colombia
Size of Farm: 7.5 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Grand Cru Kenya: Mamuto, Kirinyaga
Next Roasts ~ May 30th and June 6th

Tasting Notes:
A powerhouse of blackberry and black currant. Huge body with notes of blueberry.

When I first encountered Mamuto, I believe it was the best lot auctioned in Kenya that year. (All Kenyan coffee lots were auctioned through 2006; in 2008 the system was "liberalized," permitting direct sales as well as auction coffee) In our first year of roasting this coffee, Mamuto received Coffee Review's first-ever score over 95. Mamuto has scored 96, 97 and 96 Points respectively for crops from 2006, 2007 and 2008. We now have Mamuto's best lot from the most recent harvest. We purchased this lot directly and without hesitation; it was, again, one of the most outstanding lots we tried this past buying season and we have been privileged to always cup the cream of the crop!

Taking inspiration from their family, Mr. Mathagu explained to me, he and his wife named the farm by combining the first two letters from three words: his name, Mathagu, as the father; Muthoni, his wife's maiden name, as mother; and toto, meaning child or children in Swahili: thus Mamuto. Mr. and Mrs. Mathagu have six children - three boys, three girls

Farmer: Walter Paul and Muthoni Mathagu
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 5,000 ft.
Rainfall: Low to moderate+
Soil: Volcanic loam
Arabica variety: Bourbon Sl 28 and SL 34
Size of Farm: 21 acres total; 13 acres of coffee
Roast: Full Flavor

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Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

La Esmeralda Baru Lot, Boquete, Panama, 2010 Crop!
Next Roast June 6th

Tasting Notes :
A lush fruit basket of peach, blueberry, and gingered lemon candy accented with tropical fruit.

Barú is the name given to the La Esmeralda coffee growing in the Cañas Verdes growing region. It was planted with the Geisha coffee variety just 4 years ago and this is its first year of production. Cañas Verdes lies west of the Boquete Valley, unlike the other sectors, such as the Mario Carnaval we have been offering this past year, which are to the east. It is on the slopes of Volcan Barú and its national park and has a different micro climate than the other area of La Esmeralda: a more distinct dry season with less rain and more sun over the year. The first impression is of lively, powerful aromatic plumes of sweet ripe apricot.

A brief history of La Esmeralda: La Esmeralda has won the Best of Panama Competition every year it has participated since it first appeared in 2004 when it took the international jury by storm. Geisha, an Arabica coffee variety exported from the wild forests of Ethiopia in 1931, was introduced into Central America in the 1950’s. It was a disappointment back then because its production was quite poor and so very little was grown. Then in 2004 Price Peterson and his son Daniel decided to change their coffee entry into the yearly Panama coffee competition, selecting only their Geisha variety instead of the blend of coffee varieties they had been offering up before. Geisha is now the rage.

La Esmeralda deserves great praise not only for the Peterson’s original vision but for how well crafted the coffee is. Quality continues to improve. La Esmeralda’s great sweetness indicates real care in picking strictly ripe fruit.

Farmer: Price and Daniel Peterson
Region: Boquete, South facing slopes of Volcan Barú – Cañas Verdes
Altitude: 4,900 – 5,400
Rainfall: high
Arabica variety: Gesha

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Hawaiian Ka’u – Rusty’s Farm
Check back for our next roast.

Tasting Notes:
Very pure clean notes of milk chocolate and almond nougat bathed in delicate notes of pineapple and lime.

At last, a Hawaiian coffee from the big island which delivers 100%!

The Ka’u area is on the slope of great volcano Mauna Loa, as is Kona, but facing south as opposed to Kona’s facing west. This is by far the sweetest Hawaiian coffee I have ever tasted, an instant classic.

Farm owner Lorie Obra's story is compelling. Read more about it here and here.

The Farm's Website:
http://rustyshawaiian.com/

Winner of the Hawaii Coffee Association's 2010 Cupping Competition.

Please Note:
1) Orders need to be placed for our limited roast coffees by 7:00 am Eastern Time on the day they are to be roasted.
2) Orders received will not be shipped until the ROAST DATE indicated per the schedule; and
3) Orders received that include REGULAR COFFEE items in addition to scheduled Limited Edition coffees will be shipped on the date that the limited coffee is roasted to minimize your shipping cost.

Green Coffee

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Green Coffee
Want to roast your own coffee? Here is a list of our coffees that are available green.



QTY 2 lb BRAZIL - Daterra South Italian Style Espresso - $18.00 2 lb COSTA RICA - Decaf La Lapa - $18.00 2 lb BRAZIL - Daterra Farm North Italian Style Espresso - $19.00